late at night

In a grocery store in a small alley in the city of Turin, three middle-aged men are gathering together, talking in low voices.

The older man asked, "Amor, how's the situation going?" ”

"The plan is going very smoothly, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people is very high, even if it is not for our guidance, I am afraid that they will spontaneously go to protest!" Amor replied with a smile

"You can't be careless, and the more you get to this moment, the more you have to be cautious."

"You didn't get anyone's attention, did you?" The older man asked with concern

"Don't worry, Carmelo! I am now a patriotic merchant from Venice, and my actions are exactly the same as my identity.

On the face of it, as long as the Kingdom of Sardinia occupied Venice, I could be richly rewarded.

In this case, my hostility to Austria is necessary and will not attract attention. Amor explained

For the sake of profit, the capitalists advocated attacking Venice, and there were not only one or two of them, but Amor was at most a little more positive, which was not a problem.

"Well, it's good if you don't. The most important thing in our line of work is to be cautious, just complete the tasks in your hands, and never be greedy.

Cecilio, where are you on your mission? The middle-aged man, codenamed Carmelo, continued to ask

"It's not going well, I'm just an unknown little person, there is no shortage of articles in the big newspapers, and my articles can only appear in the street tabloids at the moment." Cecilio replied helplessly

He is just a young man, and the articles he writes can only be said to be good, but he has not yet reached the point of crying ghosts and gods, and he does not have an advantage at all in Italy, where the cultural industry is developed.

Fortunately, the article he was about to publish was very much in line with the current situation, and he was belittled by the Austrians and praised the bravery of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

There have been a lot of articles like this recently, but Cecilio's articles are more explicit and the content in them is more radical, which is just in line with the appetite of secondary school teenagers.

"Don't rush, just take your time. The nationalism of the Kingdom of Sardinia was a bit more than we could have imagined, and even without our rhythm, public opinion would have forced the government to send troops to Venice, and now we are just bringing this time forward.

Now that the heat has been brought up, it doesn't matter whether we led it or not.

Now you have to change the way you propagandize, and you can make up whatever you want, in short, to blacken Austria to death.

If you can't think of it, you will take out the black history of the nobles and capitalists of the Kingdom of Sardinia, change it all, and put it all on Austria. Carmelo nodded

Saying this, Carmelo wanted to laugh. He also set a record, as a spy, he actually specialized in his motherland, which is estimated that no one will believe it.

Neither of his two younger brothers, who had developed locally, knew that he was in the service of the Austrian government, and Carmelo had always told them that it was a secret British intelligence organization.

Now the Kingdom of Sardinia was encouraged to attack Venice, which was to match the strategy of the British Empire and establish a united Italy.

Under the effect of money + chicken soup for the soul, the two did not feel that there was anything wrong with their behavior at all, and they also thought that everything they did was working for the unification of Italy.

There is no way, this is an order given domestically. In order for the Kingdom of Sardinia to send troops to attack Venice as soon as possible, it is now necessary to provoke their national sentiments and put pressure on the Sardinian government.

There were many more people on this mission, most of whom were disguised as British and French intelligence organizations, and some of them even blended into radical groups in a big way.

In this era, there is no identity book, and communication is also very troublesome, and there is no way to verify the identity of an Italian region by making up it.

In addition, the nationalism of the Kingdom of Sardinia is high, as long as he puts on the identity of a patriot and acts politically correct, even if the identity is discovered, the Sardinian government does not dare to arrest people easily.

……

Someone led the rhythm, and the fighting power of the nationalists of the Kingdom of Sardinia was naturally stronger, and in the face of the pressure of public opinion, King Charles-Albert finally could not hold on.

You know, after the outbreak of the February Revolution in France, the revolutionary arrogance of the Kingdom of Sardinia also began to skyrocket, and if it weren't for his wit to declare war on Austria and divert the contradictions, it would be a question mark whether he would be able to keep the throne now.

In fact, Charlie Albert had no intention of defeating Austria, he was just planning to fight a war and take advantage of it to make a difference at home.

Now that Lombardy has been occupied, it is considered to be overfulfilled, and it is too risky to continue the offensive in the Venetian area, and the chances of military success are not high.

"Azio, where are our allies' armies?" Charlie Albert asked with concern

Prime Minister Azelio's expression darkened, the benefits were all eaten by the Kingdom of Sardinia, can you expect other states to contribute?

Moreover, the Italian states were seriously influenced by Austria, and now everyone was forced to participate in the war according to the will of the people, and they were reluctant to do so, and there was no interest stimulus, so foreign workers were naturally indispensable.

"The 5,000 volunteers of Tuoscany are already on the way, expected to reach the Lombardy region by the end of the month, the 7,000 troops of the Papal States have reached the Adige River, and the 40,000 reinforcements from Naples are expected to arrive only in May." Azeglio replied in embarrassment

"Urge them to hurry up, and continue to ask for more reinforcements, we must attack Venice in May!" King Charles thought for a moment and said

This is already his final bottom line, and public opinion is really uncontrollable. At this time, King Charles had already regretted announcing the annexation of Lombardy prematurely, otherwise he could have hung Torcana by dividing Lombardy.

This thought was fleeting, and in an era when public opinion was calling for great reunification, the division of territories was politically deadly.

"Your Majesty, now is not the time for a decisive battle with the Austrians, at least after the Austrian Civil War escalates and the 40,000 troops from Naples arrive, the best time to launch an attack!" War Secretary Richie admonished

Austria had not yet begun to suppress the Hungarian rebellion, and at this time it sent troops to Venice to stimulate the Vienna government, and perhaps the main Austrian army would kill the Italian region.

Charlie Albert reluctantly explained: "Militarily, it's true, but politically we can't drag it out. Then there is the financial problem, and the occupation of Lombardy has been spent more than we could have imagined. ”

(Don't complain about the name, the Minister of War of the Kingdom of Sardinia is indeed called Li Qi when translated, not a Chinese name I made up)